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Ibrahim Warsame of Willmar, left, and Andy Elwood of Alexandria arrange produce Thursday on their table at Becker Market in downtown Willmar. The produce was grown by the young men and others working in a summer youth employment program funded by stimulus money from the federal government. Tribune photo by Linda Vanderwerf

For these kids, stimulus was a blessing

Andy Elwood and Ibrahim Warsame showed off a table full of fresh vegetables at the Becker Market Thursday afternoon. They were proud of the box of jalapeno peppers sitting on...

news / government Tue, Aug 25, 2009 - 8:00am

MnDOT announces bid results for first 11 Greater Minnesota federal stimulus transportation projects

The Minnesota Department of Transportation announced the contractors who submitted the apparent lowest bids to build 11 road and bridge projects in Greater Minnesota with funds from the American Recovery...

news Thu, Mar 19, 2009 - 11:40am

Stimulus money may have drawbacks for area schools

The federal stimulus package passed last month by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama looked to be a boon to area school districts on looking at the...

news / education Fri, Mar 13, 2009 - 2:14pm

ommissioner Tom Hanson of Minnesota Management and Budget listens to a reporter's question Tuesday after he announced a budget deficit of about $4.6 billion. Photo by Don Davis. St. Paul Capitol Bureau.

Federal money reduces state budget shortfall

By Don Davis St. Paul Capitol Bureau ST. PAUL - Minnesota budget writers are thanking Washington today as finance officials announce the state deficit actually dropped from what was expected...

news Tue, Mar 03, 2009 - 11:44am

Pawlenty announces stimulus road projects

By Don Davis St. Paul Capitol Bureau ST. PAUL - Federal economic stimulus money will provide $180 million for 60 Minnesota transportation projects outside the Twin Cities. Gov. Tim Pawlenty...

news Wed, Feb 25, 2009 - 12:29pm

Peterson: Stimulus package has too much in tax cuts

The $789 billion economic stimulus package President Barack Obama signed today contains too much in tax cuts, says U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, DFL-7th District. The House Agriculture Committee chairman explained...

news Tue, Feb 17, 2009 - 12:00am

Schools could get boost from 'stimulus'

The federal stimulus package that was passed by the U.S.

news / education Tue, Feb 03, 2009 - 12:00am

U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, right, makes a point Thursday during a reunion with Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller of Minneapolis. The Democrats used to sit next to each other on the state Senate floor, prompting Pogemiller to joke that he always checked how Peterson voted and he voted the other way.

Recovery bill divides Peterson, Oberstar

ST. PAUL - An economic stimulus package that would send $4.5 billion to Minnesota deeply divided two of the state's most powerful politicians. "It is a wide-ranging investment in America,"...

Fri, Jan 30, 2009 - 12:00am

Feds could help, not solve, deficit

Gov. Tim Pawlenty is trying to tamper expectations that a federal economic stimulus package could significantly ease Minnesota's budget problems. Pawlenty said the state could receive more than $3 billion...

news Sat, Jan 24, 2009 - 12:00am